Baader Bank AG Founder & Consultant Uto Baader (born 1944) was the founder and Chairman of Baader Bank AG’s Executive Board until July 2015 and head of the organization for a total of 32 years. In 1983 Uto Baader became an authorised stockbroker on the Bavarian Stock Exchange in Munich, where he began trading in… Read More »
Institute of Public Finance Republic of Croatia Anto Bajo graduated and received M.S. from the Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb; Ph.D. from the Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2006. He is researcher at the Institute of Public Finance in Zagreb and professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business at Zagreb University… Read More »
Institute of Public Finance Republic of Croatia He took his doctorate at the Economics Faculty in Zagreb, and now works in the Institute of Public Finance, Zagreb. He was a Kingdom of Denmark scholar in Copenhagen, a Fulbright scholar at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and a British Council scholar at Essex and Bath… Read More »
Allianz Asset Management Senior Economist Michela joined Allianz in July 2014 as Senior Economist in the International Pension team. Before her current role she has worked at the Max-Planck-Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, where she took over responsibility as head of the research unit “old-age provision and social policy”. Previous to that Michela… Read More »
CFO Valamar Riviera Inc. Marko Čižmek graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Zagreb in 1996. His career started in 1996 in the Croatian National Bank, followed by several years in corporate finance at Investmentbank Austria and ICF Ltd. From 2001 to 2004, he was a Member of the Management Board of EURO Invest, an… Read More »
Citibank Credit Strategist Joseph Faith is a credit strategist, advising both real money and leveraged clients. He is a member of Citi’s European Credit Products Strategy team, based in London. He has worked in Credit Strategy for the past five years and specialises in flow credit products and relative value. His work includes developing general… Read More »
President of the Management Board Zagreb Stock Exchange Graduated in Finance from the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Zagreb and gained the Executive MBA degree from the International Executive Development Center Bled (Slovenia) and is also a certified investment advisor. Ivana gained wide professional experience working for leading Croatian companies and… Read More »
Co-head EM Equity & Derivative Strategy BNP Paribas Born and educated at Indian Institute of Technology (New Delhi) and ESCP Europe (Paris), Mr. Gheedia began his career in the Paris office of BNP Paribas in trading. He later transferred to Equity and Derivative strategy department to work as a Macro Equity Strategist. Initially focusing on… Read More »
Senior Strategist Raiffeisen Bank International Christian studied in London and Vienna and holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. In his role as senior strategist at Raiffeisen Bank International, he gives strategic and tactical investment recommendations for equities, equity indices and industrial sectors. His areas of… Read More »
European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) Director, Regulatory Policy Vincent Ingham is Director, Regulatory Policy at EFAMA (European Fund and Asset Management Association). He joined the association in 2009 as regulatory policy advisor, focusing in particular on EU investment funds product regulations (UCITS, AIFMD…), protection of clients’ assets and Shadow Banking issues. From 2001… Read More »
Managing Director InterCapital Before joining InterCapital in 2003, Mr Korunić worked as a Head of Treasury at PLIVA, a leading pharmaceutical company in the CEE region, currently owned by Barr pharmaceuticals. He was in charge of setting up a treasury department on the Group level. Over a 5 year period he worked with PLIVA, he… Read More »
Leader of the Opposition of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania Former Prime Minister of Lithuania Andrius Kubilius graduated from Vilnius State University, Faculty of Physics, in 1979. He was Secretary-in-Charge of the Lithuanian Reform Movement Sajūdis in 1990-1992. Andrius Kubilius has been a member of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania since 1992 and… Read More »
Executive Director InterCapital Ivan joined InterCapital Group in early 2004 after graduating from the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Zagreb. Since joining InterCapital Ivan was engaged in various projects/positions at InterCapital including heading of a money market & repo desk, FI & derivatives trading and setting up of an equity research… Read More »
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Chair Steven Maijoor is the Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). He took up office on 1 April 2011 and is the first chair of the authority and has been appointed for a term of 5 years. He represents the Authority and is responsible for chairing… Read More »
ALTA Skupina d.d. Executive Director Simon Mastnak is an executive director of ALTA Skupina d.d. and is responsible for corporate finance projects and investment banking. In addition to other projects, he was also a lead project manager of the public offer of Reinsurance company Sava Re’s; debt to equity of Gorenje; capital increase of the… Read More »
President of the Board Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency Graduated in Finance from the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Zagreb and gained the CFA and CIPM degree (CFA Institute, USA), as well as DESS ‘International Management – Finance’ at Louis Pasteur University at Strasbourg, France (postgraduate study in international finance and… Read More »
School of Economics, University College Dublin Colm McCarthy is a graduate in Economics of University College Dublin and of the University of Essex. He has worked at the Economic and Social Research Institute, the Central Bank of Ireland, with the economic consulting firm DKM and at the Economics Department of University College Dublin. He has… Read More »
President of the Management Board Maistra Tomislav Popović started his career in tourism in 1995 at the Hotel Sheraton in Zagreb. From the following year until 2000, he worked at the Institute for Tourism in Zagreb as a junior researcher. His first managerial position was that of a director at the Kristal Hotel in Umag.… Read More »
Former Latvian central banker, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Einars Repse is a former Latvian central banker, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. Einars Repse graduated from University of Latvia in 1986 with a degree in physics. He first entered politics in 1988 as one of the founders of the Latvian National Independence Movement,… Read More »
FSMA Chairman of FSMA – Belgian Financial Services & Markets Authority Jean-Paul Servais is Chairman of the FSMA, and a member of the Executive Committee Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), and of the European Insurance and… Read More »
Chief Economist Société Générale – Splitska Banka He began his career as an economic analyst at the Prime Minister’s Office, and later on joined the Central State Administrative Office for the Development Strategy. He also served as a Director of Economic Research for Raiffeisenbank Austria. Since 2009 Zdeslav is Chief Economist of Société Générale –… Read More »
Economic Analyst Arhivanalitika Mr. Šonje graduated at the Zagreb University and from 1990 to 1995 he spent five years as researcher at the Institute of Economics in Zagreb. He was advising Croatian Government during 1993 stabilization programme which brought hyperinflation under control. From 1995 to 2000 he served at the Croatian National Bank as executive… Read More »
Ljubljana Stock Exchange President of the Management Board Andrej Šketa has been on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange Management Board since 2004, during which time he has collected valuable experience in the Ljubljana Stock Exchange areas of operations and development. From 1994, when he joined the company’s wider management, he has worked in practically all areas… Read More »
CEO Macedonian Stock Exchange Ivan Steriev has been the CEO of the Macedonian Stock Exchange (MSE) since 2005. Before he took the leadership of the MSE he was part of the teams who worked on the establishment of the stock exchange and start of its operations in 1996 and consequently served as a Floor Manager… Read More »
CEO Bulgarian Stock Exchange Ivan Takev is CEO of Bulgarian Stock Exchange. He joined its team in 2001 and was appointed as CEO in 2008. His entire experience is in the area of securities trading. Prior to joining Bulgarian Stock Exchange Ivan Takev held an expert position at the Bulgarian Financial Supervision Commission. In May… Read More »
Governor of the Croatian National Bank Republic of Croatia Boris Vujčić (born 1964) holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Zagreb. He joined the Croatian National Bank in 1997, and was Director of the Research Department for three years before becoming Deputy Governor in 2000, a position to which he was re-appointed in… Read More »
Managing Director, Head of Commodity Research Commerzbank AG Mr Eugen Weinberg joined Commerzbank in 2007 as Senior Commodity Analyst. Today as the Head of Commodity Research he is responsible for Commerzbank’s Commodity Research products and provides with his team price analyses as well as trading and hedging strategies and ideas on commodity markets for Commerzbank’s… Read More »
